وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -«مَنْ خَافَ أَنْ لَا يَقُومَ مِنْ آخِرِ اَللَّيْلِ فَلْيُوتِرْ أَوَّلَهُ، وَمَنْ طَمِعَ أَنْ يَقُومَ آخِرَهُ فَلْيُوتِرْ آخِرَ اَللَّيْلِ، فَإِنَّ صَلَاةَ آخِرِ اَللَّيْلِ مَشْهُودَةٌ، وَذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ»
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “If anyone is afraid that he may not get up in the latter part of the night, he should offer Witr in the first part of it; and if anyone expects to get up in the last part of it, he should offer Witr at the end of the night, for prayer at the end of the night is witnessed (by the angels) and that is preferable.”.
Bulugh al-Maram 469, Book 2, The Book of Prayer, Hadith 290. 1 min read